Wiegman 'concerned' over fitness of England midfielder Walsh

England boss Sarina Wiegman is "concerned" about injured Keira Walsh after the midfielder was injured in the 1-0 World Cup victory over Denmark in Sydney.

Walsh, a 2023 Champions League winner with Barcelona, started every game of the Lionesses' triumphant Euro 2022 campaign and could clearly be seen telling medical staff, "I've done my knee" after sliding to collect the ball late in the first half.

The worrying scene dampened the elated atmosphere that followed Lauren James' sixth-minute opener —  a maiden World Cup goal for the 21-year-old Chelsea forward. 

Wiegman, 53, said: "Of course I'm concerned because she couldn’t walk off the pitch, but we don't know yet, so we can’t take any assumptions. Let's just wait until we really have a diagnosis and then we can tell you.

"You saw what we did, [Georgia] Stanway dropped back and Laura [Coombs] came in. Yes, of course we had to find our feet a little bit.

"You saw different stages. We really dominated the first half. Then Keira went out and we had to adapt to the situation.

"In the second half, Denmark also had such a direct style of play. We also showed we can fight. The team showed real resilience. We kept it to 1-0 so it was really good and I’m really proud of the team."

An update on Walsh is not expected until tomorrow at the earliest.

On James' match-winning impact against Denmark, Wiegman added: "She has done really well but it is a team effort too and we were very careful with her. 

"She is a very young, talented player. And yes, we were happy with the performance and she was ready today, so that was really good.

"Of course the approach of this game, we know that Denmark was dropping a little deeper, that they have a very tight, defensive block and we really thought we needed to play it in the pockets. 

"That's where she came a lot together also with Stanway and [Ella] Toone, and that worked really well. They really struggled with that, and yes, she made indeed a very nice goal."